Effect of Community-Based Social Skills Training and Tai-Chi Exercise on Outcomes in Patients with Chronic Schizophrenia: A Randomized, One-Year Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (5) ◽  
pp. 345-355 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiying Kang ◽  
Yeqing Wu ◽  
Zhiwu Li ◽  
Jun Jiang ◽  
Qi Gao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Tai Chi ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Tai Chi Exercise ◽  
One Year

scholarly journals Efficacy of Social Skills Training for the Persons with Chronic Schizophrenia

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Binod Kumar ◽  
Amool Singh
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Auditory Hallucination ◽  
Chronic Schizophrenia ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Psychosocial Assessment ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Problematic Situations

There are various quantitative studies have been conducted both nationally as well as internationally that revealed the effectiveness of social skills training in schizophrenia. However, very few qualitative studies have been conducted to measure the relevance of social skills training in schizophrenia. The present study investigated the effectiveness of six months social skills training program with 5 inpatients chronic schizophrenia, conducted for one and half an hour in a week. Employing phenomenological approach, psychosocial assessment was done on the basis of interviews, observations, role-plays, and work assignments, which was analyzed using Stevick-Colaizzi-Keen Method of phenomenology. The social skills training resulted in decreasing social anxiety and enhancing social functioning as maintaining personal hygiene, significant gain in adherence to medications, making request, expressing feeling, and sorting out problematic issues that sustained up to 18 months following intervention. It has been effective in changing the patient’s behaviors and boosted their capacity to confront problematic situations, but weaker effects were found for auditory hallucination in one of the patients.

Brain Network Underlying the Improvement of Social Functioning in Schizophrenic Patients After One-year Treatment with Social Skills Training

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stelvio Sestini ◽  
Rosanna Perone ◽  
Sandro Domenichetti ◽  
Christian Mazzeo ◽  
Veronica Massai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Functioning ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Brain Network ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
One Year

scholarly journals Self-Management and Social Skills Training for Persons with Developmental Disabilities: Tools for the Rehabilitation Counselor To Facilitate Success in Community Settings: A Literature Review

2003 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tina M. Anctil ◽  
Charles Edmund Degeneffe
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Behavior Therapy ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Rehabilitation Counselors ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Community Based

People with developmental disabilities often display deficiencies in self-management and social skills in community based settings. Difficulties with self-management and social skills tend to pose particular difficulties for performing valued adult roles. Tools from behavior therapy have the potential to assist rehabilitation counselors in their work with consumers with developmental disabilities to overcome the negative impacts of functional limitations on expressing behaviors needed for success in community-based settings. This article presents a review of the behavior therapy literature regarding self-management and social skills training techniques rehabilitation counselors can use in their work with consumers with developmental disabilities in areas including high school transition and supported employment.

The Youth Club Project: a Community-Based Intervention for Shy Adolescents

1982 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary F. Jackson ◽  
John S. Marzillier
Keyword(s):  
Social Skills ◽  
Social Skills Training ◽  
Role Play ◽  
Active Form ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Preliminary Evaluation ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Youth Club ◽  
Set Up

A therapeutic youth club incorporating two forms of social skills training was set up for shy adolescents. The practicalities of setting up the club are described. A preliminary evaluation of its effectiveness suggested that it was favourably received by the participants. A comparison between an active form of social skills training, involving behaviour role-play and feedback, and a discussion form, did not differentiate between the two types of training. Further evaluation research of the youth club is suggested by these preliminary findings.

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